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# Vishnupurana 4.19.17.p1

Viṣṇupurāṇa 4.19.17.p1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [4.19.17.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.4.19.17.p1)

iti śrīviṣṇupurāṇe caturthe 'ṃśe ekonaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

> Another son of Ajamíd́ha was named Riksha; his son was Samvarańa; his son was Kuru, who gave his name to the holy district Kurukshetra; his sons were Sudhanush, Jahnu, Paríkshit, and many others. The son of Sudhanush was Suhotra; his son was Chyavana; his son was Krítaka; his son was Uparichara the Vasu, who had seven children, Vrihadratha, Pratyagra, Kuśámba, Mávella, Matsya, and others. The son of Vrihadratha was Kuśágra; his son was Rishabha; his son was Pushpavat; his son was Satyadhrita; his son was Sudhanwan; and his son was Jantu. Vrihadratha had another son, who being born in two parts, which were put together (sandhita) by a female fiend named Jará, he was denominated Jarásandha; his son was Sahadeva; his son was Somápi; his son was Srutaśravas. These were kings of Magadhá.  
> — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition

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## Translations (2)

- [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.4.19.7) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English
- [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.4.19.p6) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English

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